Michael Powell

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Edge of the World, The (1937): Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. John Laurie, Belle Chrystall, Eric Berry…; In what is considered his first major film, director Michael Powell depicts a majestic account of the depopulation of one of the isolated outer…
Spy In Black, The (U-Boat 29) (1939): Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, June Duprez; The brilliant debut collaboration between Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (COLONEL BLIMP, THE RED SHOES), twists an already exciting spy yarn…
Thief of Bagdad, The (1940): Dir. Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan
Feat. Sabu, Conrad Veidt, June Duprez; Sabu stars in this magical, intoxicating vision of the Arabian Nights, some twenty years before the genre was revived in SINBAD. Romance, tragedy,…
49th Parallel (1941): Dir. Michael Powell
Feat. Laurence Olivier; A taut, effective actioner in which five German U–boat men become stranded off the Canadian coast and try to make it overland to the neutral…
One of Our Aircraft is Missing (1942): Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Eric Portman, Bernard Miles, Hugh Williams; Brisk war–thriller about how a six man British aircrew must find their way back to England across the Occupied Netherlands. Raised above the…
Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The (1943): Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook; The numerous off–beat adventures of a British soldier are chronicled over a period of three wars, with Deborah Kerr playing all three of the…
Canterbury Tale, A (1944): Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Eric Porter, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price; A typically uncategorisable Powell/Pressburger movie, that draws on British eccentricities to flesh out its simple story about three wartime…
I Know Where I'm Going! (1945): Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Dame Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney; A headstrong Wendy Hiller seeks marriage and wealth on the Scottish Hebrides, but is sidetracked by true romance. The powerful landscapes and lyrical…
Black Narcissus (1946): Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar…; Visually stunning film about a group of nuns who try to establish a mission on a remote Himalayan outpost in the face of formidable conditions. One…
Matter of Life and Death, A (1946): Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. David Niven; By a miracle, RAF pilot David Niven escapes certain death, only to find he must argue for his right to live before a 'heavenly tribunal'. A…

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